unfrozen

adjective

un·​froz·​en ˌən-ˈfrō-zᵊn How to pronounce unfrozen (audio)
: not frozen
unfrozen ground

Examples of unfrozen in a Sentence

there should be a couple of unfrozen chicken breasts in the refrigerator
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Maine has filed its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over the funding freeze and a federal judge has ruled the funding must be unfrozen. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Researchers are getting whiplash as grant dollars are frozen and unfrozen. Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025 Access to water is important for birds in winter, especially in northern climates where unfrozen sources are often in short supply. Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025 And early last month, a subset of clinical trials were among the first studies that NIH leadership said could have their grant funds unfrozen (though many payment halts continued in the weeks after). Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfrozen

Word History

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfrozen was in 1596

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“Unfrozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfrozen. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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